Sunday, 30 December 2012

IM Luis Chiong's attacking gems - by Wei Ming

After an arduous morning round where I had to defend for long periods against the positional maestro IM Rico Mascarinas, I had the good fortune of analyzing a couple of IM Luis Chiong's victories in the 64th National Championships with the protagonist himself. Luis has already been featured here once (see Junior's article here) and he is well-known in the local chess scene for his full blooded approach to the game. Luis loves to attack and is never afraid to shy away from a fight which means that his games were often the most interesting to follow. With his permission and taking a break from posting and showing off my own games, I'll like to present a couple of his wins from the tournament.

First up, we observe how Luis breaks down the defense of the solid Queen's Indian Defence:

Next, Luis demonstrates how to handle an Isolated Queen's Pawn with attacking verve:

We hope to feature more games and other players on this website in 2013.